Doctor Who on MSNBC!
Wednesday, 14 July 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
An article on the MSNBC website called "Beyond æBuffyÆ: State of sci-fi on TV" discusses the current state of affairs in science fiction TV, and one of the articles concentrates on Doctor Who. The article segment focusing on our show is as follows (with thanks to MSNBC.com):
"Doctor Who"
STATUS: Premiering on the BBC in 2005
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with BritainÆs venerable series about the time-traveling hero known only as The Doctor. Though a good portion of the episodes from its 1970s era are still among the best of any small-screen science fiction, itÆs also true that later seasons were often of amazingly poor quality and that the show deserved cancellation years before its death in the late 1980s. But like the Doctor himself, the show has beaten death many times and returned in new visages, the most prominent up to now being the disappointing American version in 1996.
At long last, the BBC has a new Time Lord at the controls of the TARDIS ù Christopher Eccleston, last seen in the neo-zombie flick ô28 Days Later.ö I certainly hope the writing is better this time around, but itÆs heartening to hear that a satiric edge is creeping in ù one of the first shows will parody ôBig Brotherö by imprisoning historical figures like Shakespeare and Einstein in an alien-run takeoff on the reality series.
On the other hand, the latest news isnÆt so good: The DoctorÆs longest-running and most popular villains, the Daleks, are officially not returning to the show after negotiations broke down between the BBC and the estate of Terry Nation, the writer who invented the pepperpot-shaped cyborgs in the early 1960s.
STATUS: Premiering on the BBC in 2005
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with BritainÆs venerable series about the time-traveling hero known only as The Doctor. Though a good portion of the episodes from its 1970s era are still among the best of any small-screen science fiction, itÆs also true that later seasons were often of amazingly poor quality and that the show deserved cancellation years before its death in the late 1980s. But like the Doctor himself, the show has beaten death many times and returned in new visages, the most prominent up to now being the disappointing American version in 1996.
At long last, the BBC has a new Time Lord at the controls of the TARDIS ù Christopher Eccleston, last seen in the neo-zombie flick ô28 Days Later.ö I certainly hope the writing is better this time around, but itÆs heartening to hear that a satiric edge is creeping in ù one of the first shows will parody ôBig Brotherö by imprisoning historical figures like Shakespeare and Einstein in an alien-run takeoff on the reality series.
On the other hand, the latest news isnÆt so good: The DoctorÆs longest-running and most popular villains, the Daleks, are officially not returning to the show after negotiations broke down between the BBC and the estate of Terry Nation, the writer who invented the pepperpot-shaped cyborgs in the early 1960s.
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